It seems we’re having our first snow storm of the year this morning. The weather forecast isn’t predicting this, but it’s falling down in those lovely big Christmas-like chunks! If you’re staying home you may want to order in some munchies or pizza from Roma’s Restaurant at 200 Mc ConnellContinue Reading
Saturday I attended the Book launch for both Lorna Foreman’s “When Life Becomes Real….and how come it happened so quickly?” and Abraham & Chloe Fox’s “Around the World in Song with Safta & Saba”. A lot of people commented on never have been in Café Connectionz and what a neat spaceContinue Reading
Once again the Rotary Club of Cornwall is selling their Old Fashioned Christmas Hams. You can purchase these as a gift for delivery in most locations in SD & G OR, you can buy a ham (or several hams) and donate them to the Agape Centre. Receipts will be providedContinue Reading
Holiday Shopping can be hard work! At the end of your shopping day you don’t want to cook. If you have the energy why not a lovely evening at Schnitzels. or if you’re too pooped to go out you can always order in some Pizza and munchies from Roma’s ShopContinue Reading
Life rarely gives glimpses to genius. The difference between madness and greatness is light, shadows, perception. Part Salvador Dali, part Albert Einstein. His hands waving, hair flowing in odd directions Sir Gabriel Tolkowsky, the master diamond cutter responsible for De Beers Centenary Diamond insured for over $100,000,000.00Continue Reading
The Canadian Cancer Society would like to thank TD Trust and it’s Team Members, for funds donated through book sales and other fundraising efforts. Pictured here are sales team and sales support, back left to right: JoAnj Parisien, Lynn Lauzon, Shaukat Jawaid, Michelle Huntley, Middle left: MJ McPhee, Elizabeth Mason, BrendaContinue Reading
ALLSTATE INSURANCE SUPPORTS CRIME STOPPERS (SD&G) – On the 26Nov09, Seaway Valley Crime Stoppers coordinator OPP Const. Pete Robertson attended the Allstate Insurance Office in Cornwall. He was presented with a cheque for the program in the amount of $1000.00. Ray Eady stated “ partnerships like these enable us toContinue Reading
You’re invited to join the Cornwall and District Immigrant Services Agency’s Multicultural Christmas Party! Sunday November 29, 2009 at the Knights of Columbus Hall 205 Amelia Street in Cornwall Ontario from 6-9 PM. Tickets are limited and only $8 for adults and $5 for children. For more infoContinue Reading
City of Cornwall Beaver Control Initiative The City of Cornwall contracts the services of a Licensed Trapper, Mr. Pat Quinn, to set and periodically check beaver traps in the City. Traps are used to control the population of beavers, which is showing an increase from previous years. The traps wereContinue Reading
The results are in. 1562 members participated. Why members instead of citizens?? The results were for the following two questions. 1) Do you want the CBSA operations to return to the customs facility on Kawehnoke? 1119 voted yes, and 371 voted no. 2) If yes, should the CBSAContinue Reading
The United Way of SD& G has hit the 50% mark of their fund raising goal for the year of $622,500.00. The United Way locally serves 18 community agencies and needs your help to hit their goal which is always harder during a recession. Click the links orContinue Reading
You are invited to our Book Launch…launches, actually. Lorna Foreman, local journalist has put together eleven years of her musings for Fifty-Five Plus Magazine.“When Life Becomes Real” is not just for the older generation – these articles touch on the human situations most of us have or will likely experience,Continue Reading
I spend quite a bit of time driving in and around our rural areas around Cornwall. What never ceases to amaze me is the amount of garbage strewn about by people. I have found the strangest things in our country side ditches. A toilet, chest of drawers, old shingles fromContinue Reading
The hot topic for debate last night was Cornwall City Council discussing sending a message to the Harper Government requesting a drop dead date of June 1, 2010 as an end date for the temporary customs port to end its visit to the base of Brookdale. Councillor’s Mary Anne HugContinue Reading
ROGER SAUVÉ – The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 4 – Job numbers down 1,800 this year How is the job market in Cornwall? This question is not as easy to answer as you might think. Employment estimates,Continue Reading
Love the theatre? Love being part of a team and creating something? Now’s your chance to join up and help create the production of The Vagina Monologues set for production here in Cornwall. Email vdaycornwalltvm@hotmail.com for more info please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
No, it’s not that bad, but the roofs are covered with snow & frost as I look out my office window this foggy morning. The weather forecast this week also is calling for showers and flurries as December ticks closer and closer. Have you hired your snow removal contractorContinue Reading
L I N K “Pope Benedict has invited international artists, sculptors, architects, musicians, film directors and even a solitary Italian prima ballerina to meet him under the soaring vaulted ceiling of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Saturday to begin a new dialogue between the Catholic Church and theContinue Reading